Lottabass

@GetFishorDieTryin Great! This is the info I was looking for.

@RRocket That's the hook I was wondering about! @papajoe222 I love fishing cranks in wood cover!

Has anyone experience with replacing the treble hooks on a crankbait with the circle or octopus hooks? It looks like they would be even more snagproof on a squarebill for example, and how is the hookup compared to trebles? If so, what brand and size would you suggest? Thank you for your help!

This is a good topic for us old folks. Lots of good advice here. Poor vision is one thing I don't know how to counter. I used to be able to knock the nuts off a knat at 30 feet but no more. One day I cast a Whopper Plopper by a stick up and little did I know there was a lunker holding that limb and when the Plopper got in the strike zone that big 'ol bass pushed that stick right into the trebles!

If a person chooses to fish tournaments that is their choice. Last summer I witnessed 2 local club events at the weigh ins. 20 or so people standing around with bags of fish for 30-45 minutes in 4 or 5 gallons of water on Sat and Sun. Weigh 'em and take 'em down to the boat ramp and dump 'em in the lake. Catch and Release? Ya, right. I came back on Monday and saw several floating in the area. I kill and eat fish sometimes but this is like shooting a deer and leaving it lay. This is what I saw and my opinion on it.

@Fairly Reliable This is funny! I'm still chuckling! I hope @Swamp Girl finds it funny too!

@Swamp Girl When I said desert I meant as far as fishermen. There are lots of people fishing but not many as consumed with it as I am. The fishing is great, I fish anywhere there is water. I've found the watershed lakes to be the best. No boat ramps and very little fishing pressure. Perfect for a small, portable boat. You have to drive on gravel and dirt roads to get to them and that keeps the Skeeters away. 🦟

@Swamp Girl Thank you! You catch some dandies! I use a pond prowler and my system is similar to yours. Also am going back to a tackle box for the same reason. My area is a bass fishing desert (except for the bass clubs, or should I say bass boat clubs) so it's nice to have someone to get ideas from.

@Swamp Girl I know you fish in a canoe. I'd be interested to know what tackle you carry and how you carry it. Thanks!

@Swamp Girl Yes, because teaching and sharing give you joy!

@Swamp Girl I started a B.A.S.S. club in the early 70's. Everybody was in their early stages of learning. We all had campers and took our families to our "tournaments". We would share our locations and methods with the goal of everybody learning and catching bass. Over the years more "gunslingers" joined and their goal was NOT sharing and teaching. Not my idea of fishing!

@scaleface Yes sir! It will be a sad day when I hang this one and can't get it back!

There was a story about Floyd Mabry in Bassmaster magazine in the 70's and how he fished a Bomber in the trees on Toledo Bend. Pistol grip rod and 20# Stren. I do it the same way today. I only have 3 left.

@WRB You said "sensitivity is between your ears". Would love to have you expound on that!

Remember when you filled out the paper order form and mailed with a check......showing my age!